People who bought this also bought...

Blood Orchids

By:
Toby Neal

Narrated by:
Sara Malia Hatfield

Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
67

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
63

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
65

Lei has overcome a scarred past to make a life for herself as a cop in the sleepy Big Island town of Hilo. On a routine patrol she finds two murdered teenagers - one of whom she'd recently busted. With its echoes of her own past, the murdered girl's harsh life and tragic death affect Lei deeply. She becomes obsessed - even as the killer is drawn to Lei's intensity, feeding off her vulnerabilities and toying with her sanity.

5 out of 5 stars

Like being there

By
Tracy Jillard
on
12-12-14

The Academy

A Short Story

By:
Robert Dugoni

Narrated by:
Emily Sutton-Smith

Length: 1 hr and 6 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
928

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
807

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
806

Quitting her job as a high school science teacher to join the Seattle Police Department was an easy decision for Tracy Crosswhite. Years earlier, what should have been one of the happiest days of her life instead became her worst nightmare when her younger sister, Sarah, disappeared. After the murder trial, while her family disintegrated, Tracy turned her heartbreak and her lingering questions into a passion for justice.

4 out of 5 stars

Nice Short Prequel to a Blockbuster Series

By
Charles Atkinson
on
06-04-16

Crime on the Fens

DI Nikki Galena, Book 1

By:
Joy Ellis

Narrated by:
Henrietta Meire

Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
1,829

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
1,672

Story

4 out of 5 stars
1,668

DI Nikki Galena: A police detective with nothing left to lose, she's seen a girl die in her arms, and her daughter will never leave the hospital again. She's gotten tough on the criminals she believes did this to her. Too tough. And now she's been given one final warning: make it work with her new sergeant, DS Joseph Easter, or she's out.

4 out of 5 stars

Exxcellent British police procedural

By
Wayne
on
12-24-16

Hush Money

Hush Money Mystery Series, Book 1

By:
T. E. Woods

Narrated by:
Xe Sands

Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
69

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
63

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
63

Madison is booming with dreamers and drifters, visionaries and entrepreneurs. Among them is Sydney Richardson, the daughter of a cop who died on these streets and now the proud, stressed-out owner of Hush Money, one of the city's top new restaurants. Like everyone else in town, Sydney is shocked when Madison's popular mayor - a crusty, charismatic man of the people - is shot to death in his own home. But the news hits especially close to home for Sydney because one of her own stands accused of the brutal crime. Sydney's the one person that Wanda Fields, a quiet, hardworking waitress and single mother, can think to call after her arrest.

5 out of 5 stars

The lady tells great stories!

By
Wayne
on
02-14-18

Malevolent

Shaye Archer Series, Book 1

By:
Jana DeLeon

Narrated by:
Julie McKay

Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
580

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
515

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
514

Everyone wondered about Shaye Archer's past. Including Shaye. Shaye Archer's life effectively began the night police found her in an alley, beaten and abused and with no memory of the previous 15 years, not even her name. Nine years later, she's a licensed private investigator with a single goal - to get answers for her clients when there aren't supposed to be any. And maybe, someday, answers for herself.

5 out of 5 stars

Plot twists and suspense!

By
Wayne
on
12-01-17

The Girl in the Moon

Angela Constantine, Book 1

By:
Terry Goodkind

Narrated by:
Elisabeth Rodgers

Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
376

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
366

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
362

When Angela was young, before she came to realize she had a rare ability, she was a rather ordinary girl. At least, that was what everyone said. But Angela is anything but ordinary. The daughter of a meth addict, she is convinced she was born a freak. Haunted by an abusive childhood, she was forced to become a woman far too soon. And in the process, she became more.

5 out of 5 stars

Intense and heart-pounding!

By
Michelle
on
03-14-18

Blood Orchids

By:
Toby Neal

Narrated by:
Sara Malia Hatfield

Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
67

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
63

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
65

Lei has overcome a scarred past to make a life for herself as a cop in the sleepy Big Island town of Hilo. On a routine patrol she finds two murdered teenagers - one of whom she'd recently busted. With its echoes of her own past, the murdered girl's harsh life and tragic death affect Lei deeply. She becomes obsessed - even as the killer is drawn to Lei's intensity, feeding off her vulnerabilities and toying with her sanity.

5 out of 5 stars

Like being there

By
Tracy Jillard
on
12-12-14

The Academy

A Short Story

By:
Robert Dugoni

Narrated by:
Emily Sutton-Smith

Length: 1 hr and 6 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
928

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
807

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
806

Quitting her job as a high school science teacher to join the Seattle Police Department was an easy decision for Tracy Crosswhite. Years earlier, what should have been one of the happiest days of her life instead became her worst nightmare when her younger sister, Sarah, disappeared. After the murder trial, while her family disintegrated, Tracy turned her heartbreak and her lingering questions into a passion for justice.

4 out of 5 stars

Nice Short Prequel to a Blockbuster Series

By
Charles Atkinson
on
06-04-16

Crime on the Fens

DI Nikki Galena, Book 1

By:
Joy Ellis

Narrated by:
Henrietta Meire

Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
1,829

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
1,672

Story

4 out of 5 stars
1,668

DI Nikki Galena: A police detective with nothing left to lose, she's seen a girl die in her arms, and her daughter will never leave the hospital again. She's gotten tough on the criminals she believes did this to her. Too tough. And now she's been given one final warning: make it work with her new sergeant, DS Joseph Easter, or she's out.

4 out of 5 stars

Exxcellent British police procedural

By
Wayne
on
12-24-16

Hush Money

Hush Money Mystery Series, Book 1

By:
T. E. Woods

Narrated by:
Xe Sands

Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
69

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
63

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
63

Madison is booming with dreamers and drifters, visionaries and entrepreneurs. Among them is Sydney Richardson, the daughter of a cop who died on these streets and now the proud, stressed-out owner of Hush Money, one of the city's top new restaurants. Like everyone else in town, Sydney is shocked when Madison's popular mayor - a crusty, charismatic man of the people - is shot to death in his own home. But the news hits especially close to home for Sydney because one of her own stands accused of the brutal crime. Sydney's the one person that Wanda Fields, a quiet, hardworking waitress and single mother, can think to call after her arrest.

5 out of 5 stars

The lady tells great stories!

By
Wayne
on
02-14-18

Malevolent

Shaye Archer Series, Book 1

By:
Jana DeLeon

Narrated by:
Julie McKay

Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
580

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
515

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
514

Everyone wondered about Shaye Archer's past. Including Shaye. Shaye Archer's life effectively began the night police found her in an alley, beaten and abused and with no memory of the previous 15 years, not even her name. Nine years later, she's a licensed private investigator with a single goal - to get answers for her clients when there aren't supposed to be any. And maybe, someday, answers for herself.

5 out of 5 stars

Plot twists and suspense!

By
Wayne
on
12-01-17

The Girl in the Moon

Angela Constantine, Book 1

By:
Terry Goodkind

Narrated by:
Elisabeth Rodgers

Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
376

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
366

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
362

When Angela was young, before she came to realize she had a rare ability, she was a rather ordinary girl. At least, that was what everyone said. But Angela is anything but ordinary. The daughter of a meth addict, she is convinced she was born a freak. Haunted by an abusive childhood, she was forced to become a woman far too soon. And in the process, she became more.

5 out of 5 stars

Intense and heart-pounding!

By
Michelle
on
03-14-18

Louisiana Longshot

A Miss Fortune Mystery, Book 1

By:
Jana DeLeon

Narrated by:
Cassandra Campbell

Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,387

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,102

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,082

It was a hell of a long shot.... CIA assassin Fortune Redding is about to undertake her most difficult mission ever - in Sinful, Louisiana. With a leak at the CIA and a price placed on her head by one of the world's largest arms dealers, Fortune has to go off-grid, but she never expected to be this far out of her element.

5 out of 5 stars

Clever, funny and fun

By
Pamela
on
06-08-16

Don't Tell a Soul

Detectives Kane and Alton, Book 1

By:
D. K. Hood

Narrated by:
Alison Farina

Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
459

Performance

3.5 out of 5 stars
398

Story

4 out of 5 stars
390

When a body is found stuffed into a barrel at a garbage dump, covered in long red lacerations, Detective Jenna Alton and her new deputy, David Kane, rush to the scene. Nothing ever happens in the small American town of Black Rock Falls, so Jenna believes the victim must be one of two recent missing persons, and she fears for the life of the other. Both were strangers to the town, but there's nothing else to link them. Jenna knows someone must have seen something, but no one's talking.

2 out of 5 stars

a little silly

By
Christine grabowski
on
12-06-17

The Night Bird

By:
Brian Freeman

Narrated by:
Joe Barrett

Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
1,335

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
1,185

Story

4 out of 5 stars
1,187

Homicide detective Frost Easton doesn't like coincidences. When a series of bizarre deaths rock San Francisco - as seemingly random women suffer violent psychotic breaks - Frost looks for a connection that leads him to psychiatrist Francesca Stein. Frankie's controversial therapy helps people
erase their most terrifying memories...and all the victims were her patients.

2 out of 5 stars

Brian Freeman's "faux pas"....

By
antonio
on
07-02-17

Her Last Day

Jessie Cole, Book 1

By:
T.R. Ragan

Narrated by:
Kate Rudd

Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
1,962

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
1,760

Story

4 out of 5 stars
1,747

Ten years ago, PI Jessie Cole and reporter Ben Morrison each suffered a tragedy that changed their lives - and now these two strangers are about to share a nightmare. For Jessie, who makes her living finding missing persons, no case has consumed her more than the disappearance of her younger sister, Sophie. But left alone to raise Sophie's daughter, she realizes that solving the case has become an unhealthy obsession.

2 out of 5 stars

What the?

By
Vlad E.
on
04-21-18

Killing Trail

A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery, Book 1

By:
Margaret Mizushima

Narrated by:
Nancy Wu

Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,732

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,574

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,577

When a young girl is found dead in the mountains outside Timber Creek, lifelong resident Officer Mattie Cobb and her partner, K-9 police dog Robo, are assigned to the case that has rocked the small Colorado town. With the help of Cole Walker, a local veterinarian and single father, Mattie and Robo must track down the truth before it claims another victim. But the more Mattie investigates, the more she realizes how many secrets her town holds. And the key may be Cole's daughter, who knows more than she's saying.

3 out of 5 stars

Not bad for a first novel, but shallow mystery.

By
MidwestGeek
on
02-08-17

The Good Lawyer

A Novel

By:
Thomas Benigno

Narrated by:
Dan Triandiflou

Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
278

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
252

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
248

A young, ambitious lawyer is eager to prove he is better than the mobster dominated family he grew up in. Working as a Bronx Legal Aid attorney he learns how to become an unbeatable defense lawyer. But it's 1982. The Spiderman rapist is on the loose and New York City is a city in fear. When an outraged victim commits suicide right before his eyes, searching for absolution and determined to prove his client's innocence, he knocks the pegs out from under the prosecution's case.

4 out of 5 stars

Captivating

By
Jean
on
10-26-17

The Cutting Edge

By:
Jeffery Deaver

Narrated by:
Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
998

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
910

Story

4 out of 5 stars
909

In the early hours of a quiet weekend morning in Manhattan's Diamond District, a brutal triple murder shocks the city. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs quickly take the case. Curiously, the killer has left behind a half-million dollars' worth of gems at the murder scene, a jewelry store on 47th street. As more crimes follow, it becomes clear that the killer's target is not gems but engaged couples themselves.

5 out of 5 stars

Deaver continues writing First Rate novels!

By
shelley
on
04-10-18

Two Girls Down

A Novel

By:
Louisa Luna

Narrated by:
Tavia Gilbert

Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
541

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
509

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
504

When two young sisters disappear from a strip mall parking lot in a small Pennsylvania town, their devastated mother hires an enigmatic bounty hunter, Alice Vega, to help find the girls. Immediately shut out by a local police department already stretched thin by budget cuts and the growing OxyContin and meth epidemic, Vega enlists the help of a disgraced former cop, Max Caplan. Cap is a man trying to put the scandal of his past behind him and move on, but Vega needs his help to find the girls, and she will not be denied.

4 out of 5 stars

Two Girls Down

By
Donna C. Clark
on
01-19-18

Blind Run

By:
Patricia Lewin

Narrated by:
Dick Hill

Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
124

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
105

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
104

Ethan Decker is a specialized "Hunter" for the most secretive agency in the U.S. government, working deep undercover to track down and capture ruthless international mercenaries and fugitives. But when a daring mission takes a lethal turn, a renegade assassin kills Decker's son in retribution. Forced to leave his devastated, unsuspecting wife, Sydney, to save her from the madman's threats, Decker exiles himself in the New Mexican desert to live in a jail of his own guilt and grief.

4 out of 5 stars

A little uneven, but a good story

By
E.D.
on
05-03-12

Tell Me a Secret

By:
Samantha Hayes

Narrated by:
Karen Cass

Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
145

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
135

Story

4 out of 5 stars
134

Everything in Lorna’s life runs like clockwork, from her six a.m. run to the strict 60 minute counselling sessions she gives. It’s the only way she can deal with the terrible secret she carries. When a new client arrives for his first appointment, Lorna feels her perfect life unravel in a matter of seconds. It’s Andrew, the man she’s spent the last year desperately trying to forget. It seems he can’t forget her either....

5 out of 5 stars

Wow..

By
Cap
on
06-17-18

Twisted Truth

By:
Melinda Leigh

Narrated by:
Kate Rudd

Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
394

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
330

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
327

When Detective Seth Harding responds to shots being fired, he faces a familiar sight: a double homicide. However, he is shocked to find a young boy chained in the basement. The terrified child refuses to speak, but Seth knows he is the key to something sinister. Reluctantly, Seth calls the only social worker he trusts with the traumatized boy - his wife. Carly is recovering from her own trauma suffered on the job, but she can't turn away from this case, not from another child in trouble.

4 out of 5 stars

New novella from Melinda Leigh

By
Wayne
on
11-03-17

The Cove

FBI Thriller #1

By:
Catherine Coulter

Narrated by:
Sandra Burr

Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
928

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
742

Story

4 out of 5 stars
737

The Cove is a quaint little postcard town made up only of old folk who sell the World's Greatest Ice Cream - a secret recipe that brings lots of tourists into town.

Into The Cove comes Sally Brainerd, daughter of murdered Amory St. John, of Washington, D.C., seeking sanctuary, and FBI Special Agent James Quinlan, who's undercover and after her. He's got a murder to solve, and he believes she's the key. But is she really?

1 out of 5 stars

Kept waiting for this book to improve

By
Cynthia Grasshoff
on
12-11-13

Publisher's Summary

If J.D. Robb's In Death series went on location with Kaui Hart Hemmings's The Descendants, you'd have Toby Neal's Torch Ginger.

The island of Kaua'i is remote jungle, golden beaches, and ancient culture - but transients are disappearing in paradise, and only Detective Lei Texeira notices. Lei transfers to the island of Kaua'i, where she uncovers a pattern of disappearances that may be related to a bizarre cult - or is it just one madman at work? In Lei's world, everyone is guilty until proven innocent. In the midst of the biggest case sleepy Kaua'i has ever seen, Lei must also untangle the mysteries of her heart and discover who she loves.

My Favorite Neal Audiobook

The story is (of course) fantastic as are all of Toby's, but it's the narrator's performance that really did it for me on this one.

Sara's ability to create a voice and personality for each character was really astounding; I was completely taken away. Through her command of the nuances of the Hawaiian/pidgin dialect, I was able to envision each character in my mind.

The story of suspicious disappearances and a cult really pulled me in. There were so many layers of the mystery that I couldn't turn off my iPhone as I waited to hear what would happen next. Even though I had read this book previously, the audiobook gave me a new experience into this compelling story.

Not To Be Missed!

My ReviewI didn't read the first in the series, "Blood Orchids" but there is enough back story in "Torch Ginger" to ensure the reader doesn't feel bewildered by how and why Lei finds herself now working on Kaua'i.Lei is the new girl, low in the pecking order and as such, gets all the boring jobs. She is working hard to fit in but after only two months on an island described as "a jungle paradise of secretive people and strange spiritual forces" Lei is finding life to be "slow and boring".It's while plodding her way through one of her dull cases that Lei is asked to talk to Kelly Waterson, Kelly reports her boyfriend Jay as missing. It has only been 24 hours since she last spoke to him by 'phone, but the circumstances catch Leis attention. When a worried Kelly flew in and visited Pine Trees, the unofficial camp site, she discovered Jays belongings dumped in the rubbish bin. His wallet still held his credit cards and also some strange origami shapes, three stones were left on his shoe.Now the story really begins! During the course of her investigation she meets many strange and intriguing characters and she becomes convinced that the disappearances aren't merely people who have simply taken themselves off the grid. Getting others to take her convictions seriously is a hard task.There are so many threads to this story, yet they are woven skilfully to produce a story that is difficult to put down. The characters are all so well described that they seem totally believable, even the more way out types.Mystery and intrigue abound, there is, in some characters, a sense of other worldliness which is at odds with Leis own world view.I thought the reunion of Lei and her father beautifully written, his gentleness and his love for his daughter so sensitively described.I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who loves a mystery set in a lush and exotic location and with many intriguing extras. I for one shall be reading more of Toby Neil's work. Narrator This is the first book I have listened to narrated by Sara Malia Hatfield, and what a wonderful voice she has. Sara has all the attributes of a good narrator, but, for this book, it took a special person to pull it off. Born and raised in Hawaii, she was the perfect choice to perform those subtle differences in accents. The more I listened the more fascinated I became by both her voice and the pidgin speak, just wonderful! I look forward to more.Just a word about the Audible sample, should you listen to it, it in no way does justice to the audiobook, for some reason, the sample seems of lesser quality.This audiobook was provided, without condition, by the representative of the author.

Loose ends abound

Broad leaps of faith needed to follow this interesting, impulsive, non-sympathetic illogical detective. Story moves well but the ending leaves much to be desired-just too many loose ends. Performance by narrator was the best part.